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Covers should be listed in chronological order. Use the postmark date or best guess.
 

 
Each entry provides a link to the image of the front of the cover. There is also the option to have a link to the image of the back of the cover if there is anything of significance there. Finally, there is the primary date for the cover and the classification types for all postmarks based on the Locy System.

Thumbnail Link To Cachet Close-Up Image	Thumbnail Link To Full Cover Front Image	Thumbnail Link To Postmark or Back Image	Postmark Date Postmark Type Killer Bar Text Ship --------- Category

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-04 Locy Type 3 (BC-BTT) "UNDER SEA / STRENGTH" USS Aylwin DD-355
			Launching of - USS Tarpon SS-175

Rubber stamp text cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1935-09-04 USPO Machine Cancel Groton CT
			Launching of - USS Tarpon SS-175

Cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1936-05-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "COCO SOLO / CANAL ZONE"
			Port Visit

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			1936-07-22 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "USS SKIPJACK / KEEL LAYING"
			Keel Laying USS Skipjack SS-184

Cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

			1936-10-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "USS PERMIT / LAUNCHED"
			Launching of USS Permit SS-178

Cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association

 

N/A		N/A	1936-10-05 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "USS PERMIT / LAUNCHED"
			Launching of USS Permit SS-178

Colored cachet sponsored by the Electric Boat Company Employees Association. Courtesy of Jack Treutle.

 

			1936-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			Christmas Day 1936

Cachet by George V. Sadworth

 

N/A		N/A	1936-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "HOLIDAY / GREETINGS"
			Christmas Day

Cachet by C. Wright Richell, sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS

 

N/A		N/A	1937-02-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			Lincoln's Birthday

Cachet by Richard Dumonte. From the Adam Francis collection.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-03-12 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "PORTSMOUTH / N.H."
			TARPON's First Birthday

Cachet sponsored by the Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Courtesy of Jack Treutle.

 

N/A		N/A	1937-12-25 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SAN DIEGO / CALIF."
			Christmas Day

Cacheted

 

N/A		N/A	1939-05-30 Locy Type 3 (AC-TTB) "SUB BASE / PH HI"
			Memorial Day

Cachet by William F. Schlechter

 

			1941-09-04 Locy Type FAKE USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-3
			Ship's data

Cachet and postmark by Sibley's Dept. Store (Hobby Shop)

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N/A		N/A	1936-1956
			Awards Earned

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